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Johanne Greibe Andersen, Per Kallestrup, Catherine Karekezi, Gerald Yonga & Christian Kraef BMC Public Health volume 23, Article number: 393 (2023) Cite this article Metrics Abstract Background Residents of informal settlements in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) are vulnerable to the health impacts…

By members of the Survivors of Sexual Violence Network in Kenya (SSVKe): Diana C. K. Mushiyi, Lorraine Ong’injo, Jane Alphayo, Mercy Etole, Millie Akinyi, Margaret Kinyua, Beatrice Karore, Ashura Mciteka, Grace Kamau, Bonila Sisia and Physicians for…

Marsabit County is the second largest county in Kenya covering 70,961.2 square kilometers(km)2, located in the upper Northern region of Kenya. It has an international boundary with Ethiopia to the north, borders Turkana County to the…

Nairobi, Kenya, February 21, 2023 — Catastrophic consequences of the recurrent drought in Kenya continues to get worse, leaving communities in dire need of humanitarian aid. About 5.4 million people are projected to face high levels…

In the current period, February 2023, corresponding to the short rain harvest season, a slight decrease in the severity of food insecurity is observed across Kenya’s ASAL areas, which presented four counties in IPC AFI Phase…

Nairobi,16th February 2023 - Contraceptives worth Kes 500 Million were today handed over to the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) for distribution to over 8,000 health facilities across the country. The supplies donated by the United…

Rosemary Mukui Nzunza, the head of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) at the Centre for Virus Research, the Kenya Medical Research Institute, shared her story of pursuing a career in science Women make up only 28%…

DAADAB REFUGEE COMPLEX, Kenya—Around Christmas time last year, Rukia Yaroow Ali, 38, arrived at Hagadera refugee camp in Daadab. Hunger and insecurity had forced her to flee her village in Jilib in Somalia, with her nine…

At the edge of Dagahaley Refugee Camp located in Northeastern Kenya, 24-year-old Zainab Isak is busy building her temporary shack by tying together twigs with pieces of cloth and poles stuck to the ground. Dagahaley is…